A Brooklyn native and former U.S. Air Force aircraft mechanic, Rhodes began her career in radio at a Country music station in Seminole, Texas. She enjoyed stints in Mobile, Alabama, as well as New York's WAPP-FM, Milwaukee's WQFM and West Palm Beach's WJNO-AM.
In 1992, she landed at Miami's WIOD-AM, where she took over the station's 8-11 p.m. timeslot and was ranked #1 in the market. In 2004, Air America Radio began nationally syndicating her program. In addition, Rhodes starred in the HBO documentary Left of the Dial, and was named "Woman of the Year" by Talkers Magazine in 2007.
In May 2009, the Randi Rhodes Show joined Premiere Radio Network's lineup of nationally syndicated radio programs.
In the battle of Wisconsin, Democrats have beaten a strategic retreat. Democratic legislators have fled to Illinois
in order to deny the Wisconsin Senate the necessary quorum to conduct
its dirty business. Think of it as a filibuster conducted with your
feet. Police in Illinois, or for that matter in Wisconsin, have no authority
to bring the fugitive lawmakers in. There is no crime being
committed—this is an action intended to prevent a crime from being
committed. You know, if these fugitive lawmakers really want to rub
Governor Scott Walker’s face in it, they should submit invoices for
travel per diems for the time they’re out of state.
Governor Walker says the state of Wisconsin is in a crisis. He should know—he put it there. Intentionally. Just
last month, Walker gave away $140 million in tax breaks—which accounts
for all of the budget shortfall Wisconsin is now facing. If Wisconsin has no money, it’s because Walker has been giving it away. Walker
created an economic crisis, and now he’s trying to exploit it. It’s a
smaller-scale version of what Republicans are doing by using massive tax
cuts for the wealthy to say we need to slash entitlements. In
reality—not a place a lot of conservatives are familiar with—Wisconsin
is in better shape than most states… except for the fact that Scott
Walker is the governor.
It could be worse—look at Florida, where Governor Rick Scott has rejected $2.4 billion in federal money for a high-speed rail line, essentially throwing Florida’s
economic recovery off the rails. Now both Republican and Democratic
lawmakers are trying to bypass Rick Scott, like they’re laying a
railroad line and Rick Scott is some sort of Florida swamp that they have to find a way to cross. Hey, if America could build a Transcontinental Railroad over the Rocky Mountains, we should be able to figure out a way to build a railroad over Rick Scott’s stupid intransigence. There is already talk of a recall swirling around Rick Scott—and Florida doesn’t even have a law for recall elections... yet. Nobody ever envisioned the voters in Florida
making a mistake as big as Rick Scott. Yeesh. Wouldn’t it just be
easier if progressives bothered to vote in off-year elections?
At least Republicans are only in charge of half of the legislative branch in Washington. But what a sorry state our states our in! In Wisconsin, the bill to strip Wisconsin public employees of their collective bargaining rights passed out of committee yesterday despite massive protests. If
this bill passes, massive protests will be the only voice workers have.
Governor Scott Walker has threatened to the National Guard against the
unions. Wow. If he’s going to call the National Guard to attack workers,
I think he’s going to have to call 1925. The people of Wisconsin want a governor who attacks problems, not one who attacks the people of Wisconsin.
A group of former and current players for the Green Bay Packers issued a statement
supporting the rights of the workers. And why not? The Packers are a
team that’s actually named after workers in a heavily unionized
industry. In fact, the two teams that made it to the Super Bowl, the
Packers and the Steelers, are the only teams in the NFL named after
workers… unless there are actually any professional Vikings or Giants
out there.
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is refusing to denounce
his state’s plans to honor the KKK’s first Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford
Forrest with a commemorative license plate. Haley Barbour wants to be
president! But it’s not clear if he wants to be President Thomas
Jefferson, or President Jefferson Davis. Does he honestly think he can
win a general election in America after taking stances like this? Let’s pray that Haley Barbour is every bit as wrong about America as he is wrong for America.
In Florida Governor Rick Scott has rejected $2.4 billion
in federal dollars to build a high-speed rail line in his state. If
Rick Scott has his way, the only modern rail line in the state of Florida is going to be the monorail at Disney World. Is Rick Scott determined to keep Florida’s rail transportation system mired in the 19th century? Word to Rick Scott—the Orange Blossom Special is no longer the cutting edge of rail technology… even if it’s still a hell of a song.
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